Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/plewd-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

Extended form of *plew-.

Root

*plewd-

1. to fly, flow, run

Derived terms

• *plewd- (root present)
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Latgalian: plyudi (“flood”)
  • Celtic:
    • Old Irish: luaidid
  • Proto-Germanic: *fleutaną (“to float, to stream”)
• *plud-sḱé- (sḱe-present)
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: plū́sti
• *plewd-o-
  • Proto-Germanic: *fleutaz (“fast-running”)
    • Middle Dutch: vliet
    • Old Norse: fljótr
      • Icelandic: fljótur
  • Proto-Germanic: *fleutą (“stream”)
    • Old English: flēot
      • English: fleet
    • Middle Dutch: vliet
• *plud-om
  • Proto-Germanic: *flutą
    • Old English: flot
    • Dutch: vlot (“raft”)
    • Old Norse: flot
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Germanic: *flutōną
  • Italic:
    • Latin: plaustrum

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “835–837”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 835–837
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  Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Watkins, Calvert (1985) “pleu-”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt